· I broke one of the cardinal rules of Sunday Evening Mind Dumping…I missed Sunday! So, I made the executive decision to change it to a Monday Evening Mind Dump. Hope this doesn’t cause great angst with anyone! And I’m sure you’ll forgive me once you read what happened at Grace Community Church this past […]
READ MOREMy favorite days as a minister—bar none—have to be days of great harvest! I’m talking about all the days over the years when hundreds of people bent the knee to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior! I’m talking about those formerly estranged from their Creator being adopted into the family of God because they received […]
READ MOREProbably the hardest part of preaching is the ‘self-inflicted’ pressure we sometimes put on ourselves to move biblical precepts from people’s heads to their hearts where real life change can begin to happen. I know, I’ve slipped into this many times over the years with thoughts like… “If I just preach harder and with […]
READ MOREOne of the ministries I follow is called, “Voice of the Martyrs.” It’s an outreach and awareness ministry to help individuals and their families who are being persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and even killed for being followers of Jesus. The key word here is “followers.” Did you know that it’s perfectly fine to be a “fan” […]
READ MOREI’m still celebrating our new brothers and sisters in Christ who bent the knee to the Savior this past Easter at GCC! That, my friends, never gets old! And I wish I could say that heaven starts now for the new believer, but I would be doing a disservice at best. Though you have been […]
READ MOREOk, not much mystery here with such a picture leading up the post, but I hope you will indulge me for just a moment or two… Now that my family and I have spent a fun week at Disneyworld (Hey, you’re never too old to be a kid for a few days!) I can sort […]
READ MOREThis past weekend GCC had their first ever “Good Friday Service.” It was a moving time where 27 people gave their lives to Jesus! In fact, over the Easter weekend more than 120 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!! We also saw nearly 1,000 people attend our Easter services! It […]
READ MOREHow’s this day of torture and darkness ever become known for healing and light? How in the world does the ‘day God died’ become a holiday to be celebrated throughout the ages? • The beatings were unimaginably painful and cruel • The Savior was perfectly innocent and the embodiment of pure love—even for enemies of […]
READ MOREMost Christians know that this is the busiest time of year for churches. Easter is even bigger than Christmas, when it comes to church attendance. So, we always encourage our members to invite friends and family to visit, but we understand that it may not always be easy to do so. Just in case you […]
READ MORE“I’m done with church, and I’m never going back!” No, this isn’t a conclusion that I have come to—however, it is a conclusion that tens of thousand are coming to every weekend all across America. And more and more are asking themselves the once unimaginable… Do we really need the Church (Big C) anymore? I […]
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